Ta Ku Ling in Map of the San-On District (1866)

Lok Fu () is a place in

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, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located to the east of

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, the west of

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and the north of

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History

The only village in this area in the 19th century was Ta Ku Ling or Ta Kwu Ling (), not to be confused with the other two villages of the same name in Hong Kong ( Ta Ku Ling in Sai Kung district and

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in North district). It is recorded on an 1866 map and was part of an alliance of seven nearby villages led by Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen. It was located where

Morse Park Morse Park (), occupying , is an urban park located in Wong Tai Sin in Kowloon. It was completed in 1967.

is now. In the 1940s many refugees arrived in the area, which was then known as Lo Fu Ngam (, literally "Tiger's Den" in

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). There were many squatter huts on the hillsides. After the construction of the

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started in 1957 with the first resettlement blocks being built, Lo Fu Ngam was renamed as Lok Fu which literally means "Happiness and Wealth" in Chinese. All the housing estates were rebuilt in the 1980s and 1990s. Wang Tau Hom complex (now Lok Fu Place), built in 1985, was designed by the architects Alan Fitch (architect of

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) & W.N. Chung (architect of the 1971 (now replaced)

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Features

The centre of Lok Fu contains the Lok Fu Place shopping centre. The shopping mall was renovated in 2008-9 while the market was renovated in 2013. The anchor tenant of the shopping mall is the Japanese department store Uny. Besides the shopping mall, Lok Fu primarily consists of public housing estates: * Lok Fu Estate * Wang Tau Hom Estate The Lok Fu area has many parks: *

Morse Park Morse Park (), occupying , is an urban park located in Wong Tai Sin in Kowloon. It was completed in 1967.

sections 3 and 4 separate Lok Fu from, respectively,

and Tung Tau Estate * Junction Road Park () - housing 6 tennis courts, a 7-a-side soccer pitch, 2 basketball courts, jogging track, pebble walking trail, children's playground and fitness equipment for the elderly * Lok Fu Park () - a wooded, hilly area between Junction Road Park and Kowloon Tsai Park * Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden () - a large lawn located on a hill, adjacent to Lok Fu Park and

Kowloon Tsai Park Kowloon Tsai Park is a park located in the Kowloon Tsai area of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It lies within the Kowloon City District and opened on 5 June 1964. History In the 1950s, the area was used as a borrow area to supply fill for the exte ...

; to the south of the garden is

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* Lok Fu Recreation Ground () - with an 11-a-side soccer/hockey pitch Other places of interest in Lok Fu include: * Lok Fu Tin Hau Temple ( or ) * Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church *

Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital () is a public, community hospital with 324 beds in Lok Fu, Hong Kong, within walking distance of Lok Fu station. It is under the Kowloon Central Cluster managed by the Hospital Authority. Hospital Chief Executive ...

Transport

Lok Fu is served by Lok Fu station on the MTR's

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. Junction Road passes through Lok Fu.

Education

Lok Fu is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 43. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School.

References

{{Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District Places in Hong Kong New Kowloon